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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 and 22 (Pages 131 - 143).
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. Lisa tries to talk to her parents about something important. Lisa's mother, Mrs. Shilling, responds by doing what?
(a) Asking Lisa's sister and friend if they would like more food.
(b) Telling Lisa to go talk to her father.
(c) Telling Lisa she can't get married.
(d) Listening to Lisa's concerns.
2. What is the favorite topic of conversation when Betsy Goodman, Mary Nell Fickett, Elizabeth Frazer, and Lisa Shilling just sit around and chat?
(a) Elizabeth's mother's diamonds.
(b) Paul Newman.
(c) Illegal drugs.
(d) Skirt lengths.
3. By the end of the school year, when Betsy Goodman or Elizabeth Frazer asks Lisa Shilling a question, how does Lisa usually respond?
(a) By repeating the question back at them.
(b) By ignoring them.
(c) By always answering yes.
(d) By saying she doesn't know the answer.
4. As Lisa Shilling's mental condition continues to deteriorate, what are some of the things she does that are disconcerting to Betsy Goodman?
(a) She screams at anyone that touches her and plucks out her eyebrows.
(b) She routinely cuts herself with any available sharp object and often slams her head into school lockers.
(c) She cries in class, is always late, vanishes frequently, and says things that don't make any sense.
(d) She frequently hides insects in her pockets and throws them at people as they walk away from her.
5. By the end of the novel, Lisa Shilling is having mostly
(a) Bright days.
(b) Dark days.
(c) Yellow days.
(d) Blue days.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which character realizes that Elizabeth Frazer has previously been under professional care for mental illness?
2. Betsy Goodman states that she is...
3. Betsy Goodman says her father calls "choosing what you want to hear and concentrating only on that" (p. 18) by the phrase...
4. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. Lisa tries to tell her parents that she thinks she might be crazy because...
5. When the narrator describes her mother as a "joiner" (p. 31) what does she mean?
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